Rohit Sharma second player in history to hit 4 hundreds in single WC edition
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India Opener Rohit Sharma has become the only second batsman after Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara to hit four centuries in a World Cup tournament.
Rohit slammed 104 runs in 92 balls against Bangladesh on Tuesday. Earlier in the tournament, Rohit had smashed tons against South Africa (122 runs), Pakistan (140 runs) and England (102 runs).
Century for Rohit Sharma!
He becomes just the second player to score four hundreds in a single World Cup campaign.
What a tournament he’s having.#CWC19 | #BANvIND pic.twitter.com/Lk8otZxgoQ
— ICC (@ICC) July 2, 2019
Sangakarra had achieved the feat in 2015 edition of ICC World Cup.
Enroute, Rohit has also become the leading run-getter in this World Cup after accumulating 544 runs from seven innings. He is followed by Australians David Warner (516 runs) and Aaron Finch (504 runs) at the second and third place respectively.
Meanwhile, after adding just four runs, Rohit also completed 1000 runs in 2019 to become the only Indian batsman to reach 1000-run mark in this short span. He has become the third player after Finch (1138) and Usman Khawaja (1067) to reach 1000 ODI runs in 2019.
Prior to Tuesday’s match, Rohit had amassed 440 runs in six innings he played in the World Cup so far.
Updated on: July 02, 2019 at 17:21 IST | Published on: July 02, 2019 at 17:11 IST
By EP Web Desk
(With Inputs From IANS)
